Hoe



Patented Sept, 25, i923.

siren stares tastiere WILLIAM F. DUNBAR, OF COIJISTOCK, NEBRASKA..

HOE.

Application filed February l, 1322. Serial No. 533,407.

Comstock, in the county of Custer and State of Nebraska, has inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hoes, of which the following` isa specification.

This invention relates to an agricultural implement7 particularly to aninstrument adapted for light work, such as work in a garden, hoeingweeds and other small work for which a larger implement or machine wouldnot be suitable.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a hoe having a bladeslightly tapered outwardly so that drawingthe instrument through theIground the dirt will pass over the blade leaving the ground clean andlevel.

A further object is to provide a hoe that will be relatively light incomparison to the common hoe or garden variety of hoe, and at the sametime willV be additionally strengthened where the tang connects with thehoe blade7 thereby allowing more power to be applied when operating thesame.

A still furt-her object is to provide a hoe that can be easily andcheaply manufactured and one that can be placed on the market at arelatively low cost.

These and other objects will be better understood as the descriptionproceeds.

Figure l is a perspective view of'my improved hoe.

blade.

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l, through a sectionof the handle partly broken away.

Figure lis a top plan view of my iinproved hoe with a section of thehandle broken away. y

Referring more particularly to the drawings in detail, like numbers willbe used to designate like parts throughout the same. The numeral lindicates a hoe blade provided with the usual scrape cutting edge Q andConnected with a tang '3 at approximately 'joining the blade and handle,said shank Figure 2 is a front elevation of the `hoe the upper edge ofsame and centrally of the blade. rllhe tang 3 extends into a. neck7 etand terminates to a shank 5 adapted to receive a handle 6. The upperedge of the blade being slightly tapered from where the tang engages theblade so that in drawing the hoe Y through the ground dirt will passover saine,

thereby avoiding clogging` of the dirt in the front of the hoe whichpermits the hoe to he drawn with very little effort on the part of oneoperating` same. The edges of the ends of the blade are sharpened as at7 so that the ends of same can be used in cutting weeds and otherpurposes where there is not sufficient space to permit the use of thehoe in the proper manner.

lWhile I have shown and described the preferred form of my invent-initlI realize that minor details may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit and the scope of the invention, therefore, I do not wish tolimit myself as to the details of construction shown.

What I claim as new is 1. In a hoe, a blade relatively low throughoutits width, a handle, and a shank joining said blade and handle, saidshank having` the form of an upwardly bowed loop. a portion ofwhichextends forwardly of the blade.

2. In a hoe7 a blade relatively low throughout its widtha a handle, anda shank having the form of loop with a relatively wide mouth and aportion thereof extending forwardly of the blade from the upper edgethereof.

3. In a hoe, a blade of relatively low height at its central portion andof diminish ingheight toward its ends7 a handle. and a shank joining theblade and handle having the form ofia relatively high loop with a idemouth and with a portion thereof eX- tending forwardly of the blade atits upper edge.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

WILLIAM F. DUNBAR.

